Vax N-8 Nation
After more than a year living under the spectre of COVID-19, Oklahoma is cautiously optimistic about its return to normalcy.
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What can we say about the COVID-19 pandemic that hasn’t been said before?
On May 13, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that fully vaccinated adults can resume indoor and outdoor activities without a mask or social distancing. After 15 months of closures, restrictions and mask mandates, Oklahoma City is already barreling towards what is hoped to be post-pandemic life. One of the first things to…
Living history
The Black Wall Street Legacy Festival begins with the centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre May 28-30. This year’s event is headlined by the last known massacre survivors: 106-year-old Lessie Benningfield “Mother” Randle; 107-year-old Viola “Mother” Fletcher; and 100-year-old Hughes Van Ellis. “The series of community-led events will take place in Tulsa’s historic Greenwood…
Canna after hours
The fourth CannaCon South will be May 27 and 28 at the Oklahoma City Convention Center, 500 S. Robinson Ave. With hundreds of exhibitors and more than 20 speakers, the business-to-business convention is among the largest in the nation for cannabis operators. The night lights up with two official afterparties for additional networking and decompression.…
Painful desires
Heather Levy knew she was courting controversy with her debut novel, but the praise is likely more to sell copies. Here’s what her publisher, Polis Books, says about “Walking Through Needles:” “When Sam Mayfair was sixteen, her life was shattered by an abuser close to her. News of her abuser’s murder fifteen years later should…
Gazedibles: Crowds welcome
If you’ve been waiting for post-vaccine life to hit the Oklahoma City restaurant scene, you’ll notice some new options across the metro. These seven restaurants opened in the last year and deserve your attention. Café De L’Asie 100 W. Main Street, Suite 105 Facebook.com/cafedelasie | 405-768-5537 Chef Vuong Nguyen’s concept in The Collective food hall…
Summer Seltzer
With seltzer revenue reportedly reaching more than $4 billion in 2020, Sonic Corp. and COOP Ale Works have entered the arena, releasing their line. With its 5 percent alcohol by volume and single gram of sugar per can, this line will please the seltzer consumer and instill a little hometown pride. Comparably priced to other…
Plaza Walls
Within days of being named the city with the best public art by readers, Plaza Walls hosted the fifth Milk Crate Jam. Celebrating the four elements of hip-hop (DJing, graffiti, rapping and breakdancing), the event brought hundreds through the alley where murals were being continuously painted throughout the day while local mainstays like Jabee, Sativa…
Chicken-Fried News: They were the shorts heard ’round the world
Last month, a Colorado woman named Bailey Breedlove was walking through Frontier City with her daughter when the fashion police executed a traffic stop on her daughter for rolling down a hill wearing heelies. The cop then turned her attention to Breedlove’s shorts, which this noble public servant deemed too short, according to Breedlove and…
Chicken-Fried News: We need to talk about Kevin. Again.
This month, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals unveiled a southeast Oklahoma City billboard that welcomes travelers to Oklahoma, “home of meathead Gov. Kevin Stitt.” Our faithful governor, never one to be the bigger man, took the bait and hosted a barbecue near its base, because as we all know, in post-morality Republicanism, owning…
